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Sotiriou, Malamas | Greece
Born in 1981 in Thessaloniki. Raised in a village close to it. Involved in politics after the adolescence. Studies in Crete, Thessaloniki and Glasgow. Nutritionist for a living, writing for pleasure.
Isaacs, Joel | United States
Living in Berkeley in the 70s I was part of a Situationist inspired radical group who wanted to put subjectivity and community back into the revolution. Skip forward. I read Zmag for 20 years. Six years ago I was reading Chomsky's Understanding Power. One morning I woke up frightened. I thought: "All those wild ideas I have about what's really going on in the world - they're all true!"...
Cat, Tolstoys | United States
Tolstoy's Cat is the pen name of a pacifist Anarchist and aspiring teacher who resides in the occupied nation of the U.S.A. She will remain anonymous, for now, to assure her freedom to write and do what she can to change the world.
Burrows, Paul | Canada
I am an activist and writer based in Winnipeg, Canada. In 1995, I helped found Winnipeg's Old Market Autonomous Zone (As She Shall Deem Just: Treaty 1 & the Ethnic Cleansing of the St. Peter's Reserve" -- merely the tip of the iceberg in terms of Canada's shameful history of ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and genocide. I have a five year old son named Asher, who is near-certain proof o...
Lejeune, Jamie | United States
I've spent most of my time since '99 in southern Thailand working as a teacher, action researcher, translator and community development volunteer. Currently, I'm in San Francisco working as an associate producer for a local doc production company. I'm also a member of the San Francisco Community Land Trust and working on a film about the SFCLT's efforts to create permanent...
Albert, Michael | United States
Michael Albert is a founder and current member of the staff of Z Magazine as well as staff of Z Magazine`s web system: ZCom (www.zmag.org). Albert`s radicalization occurred during the 1960s. His political involvements, starting then and continuing to the present, have ranged from local, regional, and national organizing projects and campaigns to co-founding South End Press, Z Magazine, the Z Me...
Spannos, Chris | United States
Chris Spannos has had over a decade of experience in self-managed media collectives and also as an activist, organizer, and anti-capitalist. From 1998-2006 he participated in the Redeye collective, heard on Vancouver Co-op radio. In September 2006 he joined Z as full-time staff focusing on ZNet and ZCom web operations. Other media work includes helping out with Z Video productions, being ...
Books, Zed | United Kingdom
Zed is celebrating 30 years as one of the most distinctive voices in independent, progressive publishing. Over the last three decades we have published more than 1,000 titles. Each of these books had a common goal: to give voice to people, places and issues at the margins. Our critical perspectives on topics including trade, aid, government and development are now more current than ever. Tod...
Langstaff, David | United States
David Langstaff has attended the Z Media Institute in the past and is currently focusing on historical macro-sociology and critical development studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. He can be reached at davidklangstaff@gmail.com
Cronan Jr, John | United States
John Cronan Jr. is a restaurant worker of 11 years, organizer, and writer. He is a native of Providence, RI, but has lived in New York City for many years--where he has been involved in labor, student, and environmental organizing. Currently, John is an organizer for the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY), a membership based workers’ center ...
Adamovsky, Ezequiel | Argentina
Ezequiel Adamovsky, born in Buenos Aires in 1971, is a historian and anti-capitalist activist. He studied history at the University of Buenos Aires --where he also teaches-- and has a PhD from University College London. As an activist, he has been involved in the students movement and, more recently, in the neighbours Assemblies movement that emerged in the city of Buenos Aires after the rebel...
Dorman, Larissa | United States
Born and raised in San Diego, I am currently a political science/film lecturer at San Diego State University and San Diego City College. In Fall of 2008 I worked to create an activist group called BEAT (Bringing Education and Activism Together) on the City College campus. We have over 1k students on our mailing lists after only 3 years and over 50 active members each semester who ha...
George, Justin | Australia
Hi, I live in Melbourne, Australia, and I think I first came across Znet courtesy of the linear notes of a Propagandhi album along time ago. Soon after that Michael Albert gave a talk at my university- University of Queensland- where I first encountered in any detail his proposals on Parecon, which opened my eyes to exciting and new possibilities for progressive change. I particularly related ...
